PS Plus, PS Now Subscription Transfer Explained

With the announcement of the new versions of PlayStation Plus, it's revealed how PS Now subscribers will be able to get in for free.

The cat is finally out of the bag when it comes to Sony's potential answer to Xbox Game Pass in the form of new tiered Playstation Plus levels that offer users more games to users based on how much they are willing to spend per month, quarter, or year. While it originally seemed as though the launch of this new version of PS Plus was going to leave PlayStation Now users out in the cold, it turns out they'll actually be able to upgrade to the highest tier for no additional fees.

The new Playstation Plus service has been rumored for months and has now been confirmed and announced as arriving in June. Since what hat been referred to as "Spartacus" was first leaked, there has been quite a bit of talk about what the new offering might entail. It's long been thought that Sony would either dissolve or borrow from PS Now. That's since been confirmed and is indeed dissolving the stand-alone PlayStation Now and folding the game catalog into the new PS Plus.

As part of Sony's announcement of the new tiered PlayStation Plus offerings, the company announced that when the new service launches in June, those who have PS Now subscriptions that run past that launch date will be automatically upgraded to PlayStation Plus Premium.

That automatic upgrade could be quite the boon for people who might have bought a quarterly or yearly PS Now subscription but have a monthly PlayStation Plus subscription. Those users will essentially be able to get the Premium tier for half off, once they cancel their separate PS Plus subscription.

This particular upgrade does have a caveat, however, as it's not permanent. Instead, those who are current PS Now subscribers will only be able to take advantage of the "free" Premium tier for however long their previous subscription lasted. So if they are on the monthly installment plan for that service, they'll have to pony up to keep using the new tiered system rather quickly. On the other hand, those who purchased a yearly subscription in January 2022 will have a half year of the highest level of the new PS Plus without paying any other fees.

Once the long-rumored competitor to the Xbox Game Pass does launch in June, the PS Now users who are transitioned over to the Premium level will have access to over 700 PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3, PS4, and PS5 games including at least a few of the biggest PlayStation 5 titles currently on the market.